Since the age of thirteen, Tommy Mendoza has taken boxing lessons at his father's boxing club, the Windy City Gym. Now eighteen-years-old and fresh out of high school, Tommy lands his dream job as a bouncer at the Phoenix, a posh nightclub in downtown Chicago. Tommy meets a unique assortment of people, including fellow bouncer Joe Castillo, the beautiful Iris Martinez, and his future roommate, Benita Valadez. He has his share of adventures and disturbances at the club and in his love life. When his father asks him to fill in for an injured fighter, Tommy jumps at the chance to get back in the boxing ring. But it is a near-tragic car accident that propels his life in a new direction. Following his brush with death, Tommy asks Iris to marry him. When their marriage ends in divorce after only a year, Tommy-heartbroken and searching for a fresh start-travels to Texas to work a construction job. He meets and falls in love with Jessica Gamez and the two marry six months later. Their life is full of difficulties, but a surprise gift enables them to find their happily ever after.
Since the age of thirteen, Tommy Mendoza has taken boxing lessons at his father's boxing club, the Windy City Gym. Now eighteen-years-old and fresh out of high school, Tommy lands his dream job as a bouncer at the Phoenix, a posh nightclub in downtown Chicago. Tommy meets a unique assortment of people, including fellow bouncer Joe Castillo, the beautiful Iris Martinez, and his future roommate, Benita Valadez. He has his share of adventures and disturbances at the club and in his love life. When his father asks him to fill in for an injured fighter, Tommy jumps at the chance to get back in the boxing ring. But it is a near-tragic car accident that propels his life in a new direction. Following his brush with death, Tommy asks Iris to marry him. When their marriage ends in divorce after only a year, Tommy-heartbroken and searching for a fresh start-travels to Texas to work a construction job. He meets and falls in love with Jessica Gamez and the two marry six months later. Their life is full of difficulties, but a surprise gift enables them to find their happily ever after.
We’ve all heard the statistics about how much TV kids watch—and how it’s not good for them. Well, throw those stats out the window so you can use TV for the good of your students! Following the best-selling format of the Videos That Teach series, TV Shows That Teach will give you plenty of TV show clip ideas to use for illustrations or teaching on a variety of topics or Bible passages. From the classics, to some of the latest and greatest shows, you’ll find ideas that will fit into any message you’re trying to communicate to your students. Included in this book are clip ideas from comedies like Happy Days, The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live, The Office, The Cosby Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, and more. You’ll also find clips from dramas like The West Wing, Freaks and Geeks, 24, Lost, My So Called Life, The Sopranos, and more. And, of course, there are lessons to be learned from reality shows like The Simple Life, American Idol, Survivor, The Real World, and more.Search by topic or Bible reference to find just the right clip, or just look through the table of contents for your favorite shows. Each clip will give you start and stop points, Bible passages that relate to the topic in the clip, as well as questions to get your students thinking and talking about what they just watched. They’ll never see TV in the same way!
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